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TURNING
GREEN WOOD
MOST BOWL
TURNING IS DONE USING GREEN ( NOT DRIED ) WOOD. this IS SOMEWHAT OF A
NECESSITY AS IT TAKES YEARS FOR THICK PIECES OF WOOD TO DRY. WET WOOD IS ALSO
EASIER TO TURN IN MOST CASES.
THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF METHODS THAT CAN BE USED TO TURN GREEN WOOD AND ALLOW THE BOWL TO
NOT CRACK.
MOST OF THE
METHODS INVOLVE DRYING THE WOOD DURING DIFFERENT STAGES OF TURNING. ONE
METHODE IS TO ROUGH TURN THE WOOD, REMOVE THE BOWL, BURY IT IN WET SAWDUST AND
WHEN THE SAWDUST IS DRY REMOUNT AND FINISH TURN.
ANOTHER
METHOD INVOLVES TURNING TO FINISHED AND THEN GRADUALLY DRYING THE BOWL WHICH
IS NOW EASY SINCE IT IS RELATIVELY THIN. this CAN BE DONE BY SEALING IN A
PLASTIC BAG AND GRADUALLY EXPOSING TO AIR BY PUNCHING HOLES IN THE BAG, THEN
OPENING THE BAG AND EVENTUAL REMOVAL. ALL THIS CAN TAKE A FEW WEEKS.
PROBABLY
THE BEST BUT LEAST KNOWN METHOD IS TO BOIL THE FINISHED BOWL IN WATER
BROUGHT TO A ROLLING BOIL. BOIL FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THE BOWL BAN THEN BE PUT
IN A PLASTIC BAG WITH THE ENDS OPEN. THIS METHOD ALLOWS THE BOWL TO DRY 5
TIMES FASTER AND WITH LESS CHANCE OF CRACKING OR WARPING. THIS IS VERY GOOD
WITH BURLS.
With a little imagination one can see animals, ocean scenes, mountains, or rivers. If you are lucky enough to find a piece with a pink or orange streak, you may even see a sunset.
Browse
Wood: because wood grows out of the earth, and because Adam was made by God from something He had already made (ie the dust of the earth), wood stands for 'human', as in Psalm 1:1-3. |
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